Future of Mobility Services in the UK

James Kellett

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Spot Ship

James is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Spot Ship, a SAAS platform bringing the world of ship broking into the 21st Century. The company makes use of next generation computer vision and machine learning algorithms to channel data into a robust cloud SQL database. A broker using Spot Ship can fix a charter in minutes, as opposed to the days required with incumbent technology. Optimal ship selection through the platform is expected to cut 90Mt of CO2 emissions annually. 

Prior to Spot Ship James spent six years as an investment analyst at the equity hedge funds Orbis and RWC, before leading the partnerships function at the unicorn Improbable. 

James holds an INSEAD MBA, an MA degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a CFA designation. 

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James Comley

Senior Consultant, Transport and Logistics, CGI

As a senior leader at CGI, James has helped businesses improve efficiencies by addressing operational process and procedure through innovation and the delivery of systemic IT solutions.  

With a vision of helping to create a better Global Transportation Network, James works closely with clients and partners to transfer ideas to reality. With support from our Emerging Technology and Cyber Teams, James takes both an operational and passenger view of the industry, with a clear understanding of the benefits technology, system integration and data acquisition will deliver if correctly implemented. 

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Ben Loewenstein

Senior Manager European Policy & Government Affair, Waymo

Ben Loewenstein is the European affairs lead at Waymo, the Alphabet-owned company operating the world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service in several cities across the U.S. In his role, Ben works with governments across the region developing autonomous mobility and technology policy. His background in consultancy in Europe and his home country of Australia. Prior to joining Waymo, he was a Senior Director for Public Affairs at a global advisory firm, working with clients on wide-ranging policy issues including AI, mobility and the future of work.

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Mike Nugent

Head of Fleet Strategy and Fleet Business Incubation, Hitachi Europe

Mike is Head of Hitachi Europe’s EV business, delivering turnkey decarbonisation solutions for depot-based fleet.  The EV business is Hitachi’s pioneering As A Service business solution supporting the planning, design, deployment, management and optimisation of decarbonised fleet.  Focused on both the mobility and energy challenges of decarbonisation, Hitachi’s ZeroCarbon business is developing new battery, heat, zero-carbon building and mobility solutions to ensure Hitachi is a world leader in meeting the carbon reduction challenge.

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Sue Daley

Director, Technology and Innovation, techUK

Sue leads techUK's Technology and Innovation work at techUK.

This includes work programmes on cloud, data protection, data analytics, AI, digital ethics, Digital Identity and Internet of Things as well as emerging and transformative technologies and innovation policy. She has been recognised as one of the most influential people in UK tech by Computer Weekly's UKtech50 Longlist and in 2021 was inducted into the Computer Weekly Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame. A key influencer in driving forward the data agenda in the UK Sue is co-chair of the UK government's National Data Strategy Forum. As well as being recognised in the UK's Big Data 100 and the Global Top 100 Data Visionaries for 2020 Sue has also been shortlisted for the Milton Keynes Women Leaders Awards and was a judge for the Loebner Prize in AI. In addition to being a regular industry speaker on issues including AI ethics, data protection and cyber security, Sue was recently a judge for the UK Tech 50 and is a regular judge of the annual UK Cloud Awards.

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Tom Grundy

CEO, Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV)

Tom is the CEO of Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), a company considering new approaches to solving some of the toughest challenges facing aerospace today. HAV’s aircraft Airlander can take off and land from virtually any flat surface and offers a powerful combination of flexibility, persistence, payload capacity, and efficiency. They’re building a development pathway that leads to zero-carbon flight without compromising capability.  

Tom joined HAV in 2013 from BAE Systems, where his experience covered a range of senior engineering and programme leadership roles in the development and delivery of new products and services. Tom was the Head of Business Management for BAE Systems' Tornado Availability Support Service, was Assistant Chief Engineer in BAE Systems' unmanned aircraft development business.  

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Stephen Douglas

Head of Market Strategy, Spirent Communications

Stephen heads Spirent’s market strategy organization developing Spirent’s industry strategy, helping to define technical direction, new innovative solutions and market leading disruptive technologies. Stephen also leads Spirent’s strategic initiatives for 5G and future networks and represents Spirent on a number of Industry and Government advisory boards. 

With over 24 years’ experience in telecommunications Stephen has been at the cutting edge of next generation technologies and has worked across the industry with service providers, network equipment manufacturers and start-ups, helping them drive innovation and transformation. Stephen is an ardent believer in connected technology and strives to challenge, blur and break down the silos which prevent innovation and business success. 

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Alfonso Alvarez

Deputy Managing Director, Cellnex UK

Alfonso has worked for Cellnex Telecom for over 20 years and played an active role in the international expansion of the Group, with previous roles as Corporate Director of Telecom Infrastructure Services and Deputy Managing Director in Cellnex Italy. He joined Cellnex UK in 2019, with a clear focus on organic growth and business diversification around telecom infrastructure for mobile operators, big corporations and public bodies.

Alfonso holds a MSc in Telecom Engineering from University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain) and several diplomas from IESE and UNED in Economics and Finance.

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Andrew Conway

Director of Solutions, Innovation and Technology, Boldyn Networks

Andrew Conway (Andy) is Director of Solutions & Innovation at Boldyn Networks, a global leading provider of shared network infrastructure.

Andrew is an industry expert in wireless cellular networks with three decades’ experience in designing next generation networks.  

At Boldyn Networks, Andrew was accountable for the technical solution proposal for the TfL project and more recently the Sunderland Smart City case. He describes his current role as bringing the possibility of innovative next generation technology to life, for everyone.

Andy is Chair of the tech UK Communications Infrastructure & Services Council.

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Jamie Potter

Account Director Telecoms, Network Rail

Jamie is the Account Director for external partners at Network Rail Telecom (NRT) and has worked at Network Rail for over three years. He has previously held roles at Quickline Communications and Boundless, both of wish are altnets in Northern England. 

Jamie came into telecoms through working at DCMS and was a BDUK Project Director for three years following a spell working on the Olympics.

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Giles Perkins

Head of Profession, Future Mobility, WSP

Giles leads WSPs Future Mobility team in the UK and has over 31 years’ experience in the futures, transportation planning, digital and intelligent transport sectors. He has worked in the public and private sectors as a senior client and director level consultant and, has led major projects across all modes. He is a recognised expert in the field of future mobility / transport having undertaken numerous cutting-edge commissions where his insight is helping build ‘future ready’ thinking into strategies, policies and asset specifications.  

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George Robinson

Head of Government Affairs, Three

George Robinson is currently a Head of Government Affairs at Three UK, bringing experience from previous roles at Trainline, Newgate Communications, Abellio Group and Westbourne Communications. 

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Dr Joanna White

Director for Roads Development, National Highways

Dr Joanna White is the Acting Director for Roads Development at National Highways leading a division focussed on intelligent transport systems (ITS), energy and road design. The Division is responsible for setting and updating standards, providing technical assurance, advice and leading research and innovation activities.
Following her PhD in Mathematics where she developed mathematical models for traffic networks, Jo started her career in 1999 at TRL working as a Researcher. One of her first projects was to demonstrate how mobile phone data could be used to produce information about movements on transport networks and undertook. 6 years later she joined the Highways Agency as a Senior ITS Engineer in the Traffic and Travel Systems Group.
She led the M42 Active Traffic Management Monitoring, investigated how smart motorways and ramp metering could operate together and set up the ITS Radar service. Jo was promoted in 2007 to the Team Leader of the Technology Programme Performance team, responsible for overseeing the business’s £250m Technology Programme. She took a couple of years out to have children and then changed roles in April 2012 to lead the National Operational Systems team, looking after all the systems that the Traffic Officers use to manage traffic and incidents.
In 2014 she returned to the standards and research part of the organisation leading the Intelligent Transport Systems group. She led teams who develop and maintain standards for operational technology, improve operational systems and research future vehicle technology. This included delivering successful connected and automated vehicle trials in collaboration with industry partners to inform the connected services roadmap, one of the elements of the Digital Roads vision. In February 2020, she became a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineering and Technology. This has been an excellent foundation for her to step up to lead the Roads Development Division.
Jo is also a member of the Editorial Board for Transport + Energy, the Expert Advisory Panel for the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, RoadSafe’s Traffic Technology Thinktank, and she is the Chair of Bristol University’s Department of Engineering Maths Industrial Advisory Board.

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Rebecca Jeffery

New Mobility Lead, Uber

Rebecca leads New Mobility for the UK, responsible for incorporating and growing new modes of shared transport in the Uber app. Since 2019, Uber has been expanding the number of transport modes available within the app, including, in 2022, launching Train ticketing. This is part of Uber’s vision to enable seamless multimodal travel, making more efficient use of finite capacity on our transport networks through increasing the uptake of shared, sustainable travel. Prior to this, Rebecca led Uber’s work on sustainability. This included developing industry partnerships and education programmes to help drivers switch to electric vehicles and overseeing the launch of Uber Green, a product choice which enables passengers to choose a fully electric vehicle for the same price as a regular trip.

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Georgia Yexley

UKI General Manager, TIER Mobility

Now in her second Micro-mobility company with Unicorn status, Georgia has worked in partnership with hundreds of cities across the globe, to reach their active and sustainable transport goals through micro-mobility. A firm believer that collaboration and partnership underpin sustainable services, Georgia now heads up TIER’s business and partnership with Cities across the UK & Ireland. Georgia is a passionate advocate for inclusion and accessibility, and contributes to raising the volume of women and underrepresented groups in tech & mobility both in and outside of the workplace. 

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